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(in Polish) Filozofia w języku angielskim, stacjonarne, pierwszego stopnia (DZ-FF-A)

(in Polish: Filozofia w języku angielskim, stacjonarne, pierwszego stopnia)
first cycle programme
full-time, 3-year studies
Language: English

Philosophy develops students’ intellectual abilities like no other academic discipline. It trains intelligence, the ability to understand new information, a capacity for understanding other people and cultures; philosphy teaches how to properly interpret the behaviour of individuals and societies. It fosters imagination and, most of all, makes it easier to put together a coherent general world view as well as to determine the aims of human life.

The program of studies includes the following obligatory subjects: Introduction to Philosophy, Ontology, Logic I [General Methodology and Introduction to Formal Logic], Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Recent Polish Philosophy: the Lvov–Warsaw School, Epistemology, Logic II [Formal Logic] or Logical Semiotics, Modern Philosophy, Latin, Analytic Philosophy, Current Continental Philosophy, Ethics. PBCV students also participate in English–language seminars, proseminars and elective subjects offered as part of the Polish program of studies by the Philosophy Institute.

Studies ends with preparing Bachelor’s Dissertation and passing the Bachelor’s Exam.

Graduates profile:

Philosophy graduates are being seen by many employers as particularly important valuable employees. They find employment, on the one hand in various educational institutions, publishing companies and the mass media and, on the other hand, in government offices, political organizations and in local government institutions.

Those philosophy graduates who are not native–speakers also gain a solid knowledge of English thanks to which they become more employable both within Poland and the European Union. Their qualifications can also provide a good basis for applying for prestigious grants and scholarships as well as for places in MA and PhD programmes throughout Europe.

(For further details please visit our website – www.philosophy.uw.edu.pl)

ECTS Coordinators:

Qualification awarded:

First cycle degree - licencjat - in philosophy

Access to further studies:

second cycle programme

Access requirements

ranking of Matura certificates (certificate of secondary education) and an interview

Course structure diagram:

Abbreviations used in tables:
lect - Lecture
cl - Class
kon - Seminar
lek - Foreign language class
e - Examination
g - Grading
First year of philosophy in EnglishECTSlectclkonlekexam
Ancient and Medieval Philosophy126060e
Logic 1126060e
Ontology126060e
Introduction to Philosophy960g
Total:4518018060
Second year of philosophy in EnglishECTSlectclkonlekexam
Epistemology116060e
Latin460g
Modern Philosophy116060e
Total:2612012060
Third year of philosophy in EnglishECTSlectclkonlekexam
Analytic Philosophy116060e
Ethics116060e
Latin460g
Contemporary Continental Philosophy116060e
Total:3718018060

Admission procedures:

The program will start if the number of qualified students exceeds 10

Admission procedures - new maturity exam:

Admission procedures - old maturity exam:

Admission procedures - International Baccalaureate:

Admission procedures - foreign diplomas:

Admission Procedure for Academic Year 2011/2012 is broken up into two stages:
STAGE I: registering in the IRK system and entering the maturity diploma results.

STAGE TWO: a qualification interview which is an additional oral entrance examination. It is conducted in English and it is based on ONE of philosophical texts. A candidate chooses and prepares a text to talk about in advance. During the interview the commission evaluates a candidate’s:

· individual text interpretation skills

· predispositions to study philosophy

· language skill level that allows to study philosophy in English

This stage of qualification procedure is scored on a scale 1-100 points and is decisive. In order to be qualified for the studies, a candidate needs to attain at least 75 points.

List of the texts (all of them are available to download from department's website):

1. Jan Łukasiewicz, „On Determinism”, transl. by. Z. Jordan, in J. Łukasiewicz, Selected Works (ed. by L. Borkowski), North-Holland Publishing Company – Amsterdam, London; PWN – Warszawa 1970, pp.110-128.

2. John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, ch. 1, „Introductory”, and ch. 2, „Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion”, any edition.

3. Karl R. Popper, Objective knowledge. An Evolutionary Approach, Oxford University Press, Oxford, any edition, ch. 5, „The Aim of Science”, pp.191-205; AND: Carl G. Hempel, Philosophy of Natural Science, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N. J. 1966, ch. 2, „Scientific Inquiry: Invention and Test”, pp.3-18.

4. W. V. O. Quine, „Identity, ostension, and hypostasis” in From a Logical Point of View, Harward University Press, Cambridge, 1953, pp.65-79; AND: W. V. O. Quine, „Posits and Reality”, in The Ways of Paradox and Other Essays, Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1976, pp. 246-254.

5. Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy, ch. 1-4, any edition.

FINAL RESULT:
A candidate is accepted to the program based on the results of both stages of the process. The points achieved both in the first and second stage are summed up.

Exceptions from admission procedure: